Vaghareli Rotli

Vaghareli Rotli

Vaghareli Rotli is an easy, quick snack or light meal prepared from leftover rotli/roti, yogurt and spices.

Remembering my Mum

My mum was a very good cook where traditional Gujarati dishes were concerned. Actually, can’t remember her ever wanting to try out the new western dishes like pizza, tacos, burgers etc. Instead, she left that to my kaki (aunt) and me to try out during the weekends. One of my mum’s dishes loved by all was vaghareli rotli. Best ever comfort food for my siblings and cousins. All of us have tried to make it like mum’s but there is still something missing. I think its simply the love that she added. This simple dish is a popular meal in our household.

• Going to watch movies at the Drive In meant that handvo would be on the menu. My mum made handvo on the sigri (jiko).
• Sunday brunch or afternoon tea time whenever we were not going out to watch a movie mum would make tikhi puri. For the adults it was served with masala tea and for the kids with Milo milk.
• Mum’s favorite were matar kachoriand lilva ni kachori.
• Her idea of pasta was with to prepare it like an Indian curry, with tempering, turmeric, chillis, the works. And it was an absolute treat for us. We called it Mum’s Buitoni.
• Mum’s Dhebras was what the whole family loved.
• Flaky Maida na Parotha with homemade pickle was another breakfast treat.
• My mum loved making super crispy and flaky farsi purias my dad loved it so much. Remember helping her to smear the rolled dough with the paste.

A bit about Vaghareli Rotli

Vaghareli in Gujarati means tempered. We generally add mustard and cumin seeds with a bit of garlic, ginger and green chillis. Rotli is roti, a wheat flatbread. Rotli is a staple in most Gujarati homes so its common to find that one will often have leftover rotlis at home. Vaghareli rotli can be a snack time meal tasting yummy when sprinkled with a bit of chevdo, bhusu or sev or it can be a wholesome but light dinner meal. God save you if you have to share it with my brother! Its his all time favourite meal on this earth. If he is around, you ain’t getting any! 

Ingredients required for Vaghareli Rotli

• Leftover rotli – roti, wheat flatbread. You can even used leftover tortilla.
• Oil – any of your choice.
• Mustard Seeds – rai
• Cumin Seeds – jeera, jeeru
• Turmeric Powder – haldi, hardar
• Asafetida – hing
• Fresh Ginger – I like to use in the paste form or grated
• Green Chillis – use minced or chopped into rings
• Garlic – can used sliced or minced
• Sour Yogurt – sour yogurt adds more flavour to the dish. However, If you don’t have any use plain yogurt.
• Water – depending on how much curry you want
• Salt
• Fresh Coriander – dhania , cilantro. Washed and chopped

Watch How To Make Vaghareli Rotli